Scholars@Duke
Elisabeth D. de Fontenay

Elisabeth D. de Fontenay

Karl W. Leo Distinguished Professor of Law
School of Law
defontenay@law.duke.edu
Duke Law School Room 3176, Box 90360, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Law School 210 Science Dr, Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

The Credit Markets Go Dark

Journal Article Yale Law Journal · 2024 Link to item Cite

The Dry Powder Problem

Journal Article · 2024 Cite

Side Letter Governance

Journal Article Washington University Law Review · 2023 Link to item Cite

Law and Courts in an Age of Debt

Journal Article University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 2023 Link to item Cite

Norms, Law, and Contract in the Loan Market

Journal Article Loans Magazine · 2021 Link to item Cite

Complete Contracts in Finance

Journal Article Wisconsin Law Review · 2020 Link to item Cite

The Sovereign-Debt Listing Puzzle

Journal Article Oxford Economic Papers · 2019 Link to item Cite

Is There a First-Drafter Advantage in M&A?

Journal Article California Law Review · 2019 Link to item Cite

Private Equity’s Governance Advantage: A Requiem

Journal Article Boston University Law Review · 2019 Link to item Cite

The Myth of the Ideal Investor

Journal Article Seattle University Law Review · 2018 Link to item Cite

Individual Autonomy in Corporate Law

Journal Article Harvard Business Law Review · 2018 Link to item Cite

Pricing Sovereign Debt: Foreign Versus Local Parameters

Journal Article European Financial Management · 2018 Link to item Cite

Law Firm Selection and the Value of Transactional Lawyering

Journal Article Journal of Corporation Law · 2015 Link to item Cite

Private Equity Firms as Gatekeepers

Journal Article Review of Banking & Financial Law · 2014 Link to item Cite